COPLEY PROPERTIES INC
8-K, 1995-10-11
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS
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                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                               WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                      FORM 8-K

                                   CURRENT REPORT

                         Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                         the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


    Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):      September 20, 1995


                             COPLEY PROPERTIES, INC.
         (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


                                   Delaware                                  
                  (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)


    ____1-8927 _____________                             04-2866555          
    (Commission File Number)                (IRS Employer Identification No.)


    399 Boylston Street, Boston, MA                              02116       
    (Address of principal executive offices)                   (Zip Code)


    __________________________________(617) 578-1200_________________________
                Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code


                                  Not Applicable                             
         (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)<PAGE>





         Item 5.  Other Events.

              On September 20, 1995, Copley Properties, Inc. (the
         "Registrant") amended the Rights Agreement dated as of June 28,
         1990 between the Registrant and State Street Bank & Trust Company,
         which amendment is attached hereto as an Exhibit and made a part
         hereof. 

         Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

              (c)  The First Amendment to Rights Agreement dated as of
         September 20, 1994 between the Registrant and State Street Bank &
         Trust Company is filed as an exhibit hereto.


                                    EXHIBIT INDEX

         Exhibit                                                     Page
         Number                                                      Number

           4            Rights Agreement dated as of  June 28,         *
                        1990 between the Registrant and State
                        Street Bank & Trust Company (the 
                        "Rights Agent").

           4A           First Amendment to Rights Agreement            4
                        dated as of September 20, 1990 between
                        the Registrant and the Rights Agent.



         *  Previously filed and incorporated herein by reference.<PAGE>





                                      SIGNATURE


              Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
         of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
         on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

         Date:  September 28, 1995     COPLEY PROPERTIES, INC.
                                       (Registrant)


                                            /s/ Steven E. Wheeler
                                       By:                           
                                          Steven E. Wheeler
                                          Chief Executive Officer






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                         FIRST AMENDMENT TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT


              This First Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of
         September 20, 1995 (the "Amendment"), is by and between Copley
         Properties, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company") and State
         Street Bank & Trust Company, a Massachusetts trust company, as
         Rights Agent (the "Rights Agent").

              WHEREAS, the Company and the Rights Agent entered into that
         certain Rights Agreement dated as of June 28, 1990 (the
         "Agreement"); and

              WHEREAS, the Company and the Rights Agent wish to amend the
         Agreement as provided herein.

              NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
         mutual agreements herein set forth, the parties hereby agree as
         follows:

              1.  Section 1(a) of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its
         entirety and replaced by the following:

                   "(a)  "Acquiring Person" shall mean any Person who or
         which, together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person,
         shall be the Beneficial Owner of 15% or more of the shares of
         Common Stock then outstanding, but shall not include the Company,
         any subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the
         Company or of any subsidiary of the Company, or any Person
         organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant
         to the terms of any such plan; provided, however, that if, as of
         5:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Savings Time, on September 20, 1995,
         any Person, together with all Affiliates and Associates of such
         Person, is the Beneficial Owner of 15% or more of the shares of
         Common Stock then outstanding, the 15% threshold set forth above
         shall be adjusted, with respect to such Person only, to equal (i)
         the percentage of the shares of Common Stock outstanding as of
         such time of which such Person, together with all Affiliates and
         Associates of such Person, is the Beneficial Owner, plus (ii) one-
         tenth of one percent (0.1%), but the maximum to which the
         threshold shall be adjusted shall be 20%.

              2.  Section 11(a)(ii)(B) is hereby deleted in its entirety
         and replaced by the following:

              "(B)  Any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of
              the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or any
              Subsidiary of the Company, or any Person or entity organized,
              appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to
              the terms of any such plan), alone or together with its
              Affiliates and Associates, shall, at any time after the 
              Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become the Beneficial Owner<PAGE>





              of 15% or more of the shares of Common Stock then
              outstanding, unless the event causing the 15% threshold to be
              crossed is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof,
              or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a
              tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares
              of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by at
              least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who
              are not officers of the Company and who are not
              representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an
              Acquiring Person, after receiving advice from a nationally
              recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of
              Directors of the Company, to be (a) a price that is fair to
              stockholders (taking into account all factors which such
              members of the Board deem relevant including, without
              limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the
              Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed
              to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the best
              interest of the Company and its stockholders; provided,
              however, that if, as of 5:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Savings
              Time, on September 20, 1995, any Person, together with all
              Affiliates and Associates of such Person, is the Beneficial
              Owner of 15% or more of the shares of Common Stock then
              outstanding, the 15% threshold set forth above shall be
              adjusted, with respect to such Person only, to equal (x) the
              percentage of the shares of Common Stock outstanding as of
              such time of which such Person, together with all Affiliates
              and Associates of such Person, is the Beneficial Owner plus
              (y) one-tenth of one percent (0.1%), but the maximum to which
              the threshold shall be adjusted shall be 20%, or"

                   3.  All capitalized terms used in this Amendment and not
              otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to
              them in the Agreement.

                   4.  Except as expressly modified hereby all of the terms
              and provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force
              and effect.<PAGE>






                   IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
              Amendment to be duly executed as of the day and year first
              above written.

                                            COPLEY PROPERTIES, INC.


                                            /s/ Mary L. Lentz
         ATTEST:                       By:______________________________
                                            Mary L. Lentz

              /s/ Tracy Williams
         By:_______________________
              Tracy Williams


                                       STATE STREET BANK & TRUST COMPANY


                                            /s/ Ronald Logue
         ATTEST:                       By:______________________________
                                            Ronald Logue
              /s/ David A. Saporito
         By:______________________
              David A. Saporito


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